Calling it “an unattended death” aboard the flight, Massachusetts State Police said someone called the Crime Scene Services Section about the death.

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.

A passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston died Tuesday evening, the airline and police said. The victim has been identified as Barbara Dipoli, 53, of Topeka, Kansas, Massachusetts State Police said Thursday. Dipoli was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard, NBC Boston reported.