YOU SAID:
Alice took a flight to Japan
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは日本への飛行機に乗りました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice boarded a plane to Japan
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは日本に飛行機に乗りました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice took a plane to Japan
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは飛行機を日本に連れて行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice took the plane to Japan
INTO JAPANESE
アリスは飛行機を日本に連れて行きました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Alice took the plane to Japan
That didn't even make that much sense in English.