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.

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. Despite efforts from onboard medical staff, she could not be revived,

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

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.

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

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

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.

Preliminary information suggests Barbara Dipoli, of Topeka, died of a presumed medical episode during the flight, officials said.

A passenger died on board during an Air France flight from Paris to Boston on Tuesday despite life-saving efforts performed by a doctor on the plane.

Authorities identified the passenger who died aboard a Boston-bound international flight on Tuesday. According to the Massachusetts State Police, 53-year-old Barbara Dipoli of Topeka, Kansas, was a passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston when she suffered a medical episode during the flight.