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.

A passenger on an Air France flight from Paris to Boston died mid-flight Tuesday night despite life-saving efforts made by a doctor on the plane, according to the airline.

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.

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

Javier C. Hernández and Benjamin Malapris joined the conductor Daniel Harding as he piloted an Air France flight from Rome to Paris. On a stormy day more than 34,000 feet above Paris, Air France Flight 1205 prepared to make its descent. Flight attendants began checking seat backs and tray tables, and passengers groggily emerged from naps.

A passenger died onboard a Tuesday flight heading to Boston's Logan Airport from Paris, Massachusetts State Police said.

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.

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