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.

Barbara DiPoli, 53, a US Army veteran and former member of the Kansas Air National Guard, was identified as the woman who died while on an Air France flight home after celebrating her retirement

Massachusetts State Police said the woman’s death appeared to result “from a medical episode during the flight”

A retired member of the Kansas Air National Guard hailing from Topeka died while on an international flight earlier this week. Massachusetts State Police (MSP) told 27 News

Flight AF334 was traveling from Paris to Boston on Tuesday when the passenger “could not be rescued” despite the efforts of a doctor onboard and assistance from the crew, Air

State police are investigating after a Kansas woman died Tuesday evening aboard an Air France flight to Boston.

The passenger who died on an AirFrance flight from Paris to Boston has been identified as Barbara DiPoli, 53, from Topeka, Kansas.

Barbara Dipoli, a 53-year-old Iraq War veteran from Kansas, tragically passed away mid-flight on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston.

A Topeka woman died on Tuesday after taking a seven-hour flight from France to Boston's Logan International Airport.

A passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston died on Tuesday evening, the airline and police said.

A transatlantic Air France flight bound for Boston turned tragic when a passenger, later identified as Kansas Air National Guard member Barbara DiPoli, passed away mid-flight on 14 January.

A US Army veteran and former member of the Kansas Air National Guard was identified as the woman who died while on an Air France flight home after celebrating her retirement from service, officials said.