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”

Air France passenger who died on Boston flight suffered heart attack, doctor intervened on board: ‘Air France regrets this sad event and expresses its sincere condolences’

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

Javier C. Hernández and Benjamin Malapris joined the conductor Daniel Harding as he piloted an Air France flight from Rome to Paris. On a stormy day more than 34,000 feet above Paris, Air France Flight 1205 prepared to make its descent. Flight attendants began checking seat backs and tray tables, and passengers groggily emerged from naps.

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.

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