The crew declared an emergency situation at around 9.45pm and the pilot was forced to return to Paris for an emergency landing, with the plane quickly descending to a safe altitude of 8,000 feet.

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.

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

The Massachusetts State Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that Barbara Dipoli, 53, of Topeka, Kansas, was found dead on board a flight from Paris to Boston on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Officials said ...