Air France passenger who died on Boston flight suffered heart attack, doctor intervened on board: ‘Air France regrets this sad event and expresses its sincere condolences’

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

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.

Massachusetts State Police are investigating an unattended death aboard a plane that landed in Boston on Monday. The unattended death took place on an Air France flight traveling from Paris to Boston’s Logan Airport, according to a statement by state police on Tuesday evening. The incident is under investigation by state police.

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.

A person’s death on board an Air France plane to Boston from Paris was under investigation on Tuesday evening, Massachusetts State Police said. There were few details available about the person’s death;

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,

According to State Police, troopers were alerted to an unattended death aboard an Air France flight from Paris to Boston.