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

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.

Massachusetts State Police are investigating an unattended death on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston.

The individual fell ill shortly after the flight departed from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport on Tuesday, and a doctor onboard was unable to rescue them.

A passenger who died mid-flight on board an Air France flight to Boston on Tuesday fell ill after departing from Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, the airline said in a statement to NBC Boston. A doctor on board flight AF334 attempted to save the passenger’s life,

A passenger has died aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Boston despite an onboard doctor attempting to save him. The traveller fell ill shortly after taking off from Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Tuesday as medical assistance failed to prevent his death.