Coast Guard Ends Search for Helicopter in Waters Off Alaska

University of Alaska Board of Regents member Andy Teuber listens to a discussion during a meeting at UAA in Anchorage, Alaska, on Sept. 12, 2019. Marc Lester/Anchorage Daily News via AP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday suspended the search in waters off Alaska for an overdue helicopter piloted by the former head of Alaska’s largest tribal health care organization, who resigned last week after allegations of sexual misconduct surfaced against him.

Andy Teuber, 52, former head of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, left Anchorage about 2 p.m. Tuesday in a Robinson R66 helicopter enroute to Kodiak Island, the Coast Guard said in a statement.