Massachusetts State Police said the woman’s death appeared to result “from a medical episode during the flight”

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, Massachusetts State Police told NBC News on Thursday.

Barbara DiPoli, 53, a US Army veteran and former member of the Kansas Air National Guard, was identified as the woman who died while on an Air France flight home after celebrating her retirement