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”

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 person died on board a plane from Logan Airport to Paris Tuesday. Police said the person was on an Air France plane. The person's identity was not released. No additional details were released.

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.