A transatlantic Air France flight bound for Boston turned tragic when a passenger, later identified as Kansas Air National Guard member Barbara DiPoli, passed away mid-flight on 14 January.

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.

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

A woman who died on an Air France flight has been identified as a member of the Kansas Air National Guard, according to authorities.

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. Despite efforts from onboard medical staff, she could not be revived,

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

Barbara Dipoli, 53, was a passenger on a flight from Paris-Charles de Gaulle to Boston Logan International Airport when she suffered a medical episode.

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

A passenger who died on an Air France flight was identified as Kansas Air National Guard Master Sergeant Barbara DiPoli.

Preliminary information suggests Barbara Dipoli, of Topeka, died of a presumed medical episode during the flight, officials said.