A woman from Topeka, Kansas, died on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston on Tuesday (January 14). The Massachusetts State Police identified the woman as 53-year-old Barbara Dipolia and said that she was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard.

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. The episode resulted in her untimely passing. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will determine the exact cause and manner of death.

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.

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

Image via Facebook Previously, we wrote about a passenger who died on a flight en route to Boston from France. Now, we have the identity of the passenger who died. A Kansas Air National Guard member tragically died while on board the Air France flight after suffering a medical emergency.

A retired member of the Kansas Air National Guard hailing from Topeka died while on an international flight earlier this week.