A passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston died on Tuesday evening, the airline and police said. The victim has been identified as 53-year-old Barbara Dipoli of Topeka, Kansas, who was a member of the Kansas Air National Guard,

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.

A passenger died on board during an Air France flight from Paris to Boston on Tuesday despite life-saving efforts performed by a doctor on the plane.