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Federal investigators will weigh state of mind as one possible factor in health CEO’s Gulf of Alaska crash
Print article Andy Teuber, a prominent Alaska health CEO as well as a tourism business owner, is presumed dead after he disappeared in a small single-engine helicopter over the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday. Teuber, 52, took off from Anchorage’s Merrill Field that afternoon knowing the Anchorage Daily News was working on a story detailing allegations by a former assistant against him that prompted his sudden resignation last week as head of Alaska’s largest tribal health organization. The Daily News has not been able to establish the specific purpose of Teuber’s flight on Tuesday. An attorney representing him declined to comment when reached by phone.
A source confirms a helicopter that went missing earlier today near an island in the Gulf of Alaska belongs to Andy Teuber. He is the person the Coast Guard is currently searching for. Alaska s News Source reported on the missing
Coast Guard still trying to confirm whether debris north of Kodiak is from former health executive’s missing helicopter Author: Anchorage Daily News - The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday morning it was still searching for Andy Teuber and working to confirm whether debris found north of Kodiak belongs to his missing helicopter. That’s despite information provided to the Daily News by a Coast Guard spokesman that debris located Tuesday evening was from the helicopter piloted by Teuber, who recently resigned as president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. On Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard had an MH-60 Jayhawk and the Cutter Stratton en route to the search area, according to Petty Officer Lexie Preston.
University of Alaska photo Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The former chair and president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium is the subject of a search by the Coast Guard near Kodiak.
Andy Teuber s helicopter is overdue approximately 66 nautical miles northeast of the island, its last known location.
The helicopter the Anchorage resident reportedly is flying is a black and white Robinson R66 with the tail number N1767.
There s a report that debris correlating with the missing helicopter was spotted about seven nautical miles southeast of Ushagat Island The debris includes a yellow float.
Coast Guard Sector Anchorage command center was notified by a family member at 5 p.m. Tuesday that Teuber left Merrill Field shortly after 2 p.m.