Barbara Dipoli, 53, was a passenger on a flight from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Boston Logan International Airport when she suffered a medical episode.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka woman died while on a flight from Paris, France, to Boston, Massachusetts. According to the Massachusetts State Police (MSP), troopers assigned to Troop F, Crime Scene Services Section, and the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit responded to an unattended death aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Boston.

A passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston died Tuesday evening, the airline and police said. The victim has been identified as Barbara Dipoli, 53, of Topeka, Kansas, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday. Dipoli was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard, NBC Boston reported.

Calling it “an unattended death” aboard the flight, Massachusetts State Police said someone called the Crime Scene Services Section about the death.

A passenger who died mid-flight on board an Air France flight to Boston on Tuesday fell ill after departing from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, the airline said in a statement to NBC Boston. A doctor on board flight AF334 attempted to save the passenger’s life,

Massachusetts State Police are investigating an unattended death that occurred aboard an Air France flight traveling from Paris to Boston.