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

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.

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

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 passenger who died on board an Air France plane to Boston from Paris likely experienced a medical emergency, Massachusetts State Police said Wednesday.

A Kansas woman died on an Air France flight to Boston's Logan International Airport on Tuesday, Massachusetts State Police said.

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

The passenger who died on an AirFrance flight from Scotland to Boston has been identified as Barbara DiPoli, 53, from Topeka, Kansas. Police said preliminary information shows DiPoli's death may have resulted from a medical episode during the flight.