British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island. The KRAK 11 News hour: The World Desk, Criminal Intent, Happy Animals, Sports. Real stories from named sources, read by Chip Marlowe and Deb Sarkissian.
Aired 2026-08-18 09:59 UTC · 5 segments · 13 min · complete transcript below
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KRAK 11 NEWS
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. This is KRAK 11 News.
Tonight, a global lineup spanning four continents and the stories shaping the next twenty-four hours. On The World Desk, fertility clinic patients in the United Kingdom say they were misled about donor selection in northern Cyprus.
Multiple children may have been conceived using donors the parents never selected. The clinic has not responded to requests for comment.
On Criminal Intent, Irish police are defending a decision to pull back from a pursuit after a suspect drove onto the wrong side of a motorway. On Happy Animals, Scotland's state-owned shipyard announces layoffs affecting a quarter of its workforce.
That's not a happy animal.
It's the segment name, Deb. And in Sports, a Palestinian-American family remains trapped in their West Bank home after settlers laid siege to the property more than a week ago.
Still ahead on The World Desk, a family forced to choose between their home and their safety. That's next.
We need one more.
For what.
Fantasy league.
I don't do fantasy football.
It's fun.
It's make-believe. I have a real life.
It's football.
It's pretend football. I deal in reality, Larry. I report actual events.
Calm down guys. Chip.. What are you doing this weekend?
Playing Dungeons and Gragons with some friends
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
What?
THE WORLD DESK
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian.
Deb, I've been thinking about the geographic sweep we discussed last hour. Asia through Europe to the Pacific. That's a model for how this segment should run every night.
That was alphabetical.
It was intentional.
We begin tonight with tragedy in the Greek islands, where a British couple on their honeymoon was killed this morning when their helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff.
The newlyweds have been identified as Alexander Cromie and Marie Ebert. They were traveling with a Greek pilot, who also died in the crash.
Greek authorities say the helicopter went down on a remote part of the island shortly after eight a.m. local time. Investigators are examining weather conditions and the aircraft's maintenance records.
The couple had been married less than a week. The Greek islands are a popular honeymoon destination due to their proximity to the Mediterranean coast.
The Greek islands are in the Aegean Sea.
Which borders the Mediterranean.
Our condolences to both families.
Also tonight, the former heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko says his family is in profound shock following the death of actress Hayden Panettiere on Sunday.
Panettiere, best known for her role in the series Heroes, was thirty-five. Klitschko and Panettiere share a ten-year-old daughter. The cause of death has not been released.
Klitschko, who retired from boxing in twenty seventeen, has been living in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion. His brother Vitali is the mayor of Kyiv, which serves as Ukraine's administrative center.
Kyiv is the capital.
Administrative center.
It's the capital, Chip.
We're saying the same thing.
And in Ireland tonight, police have ended a high-speed pursuit after a suspect began driving on the wrong side of a motorway outside Dublin.
Irish authorities say the vehicle was traveling at speeds exceeding one hundred kilometers per hour in the wrong direction before officers made the decision to pull back for public safety.
The suspect was apprehended forty minutes later at a petrol station in County Meath. No injuries were reported.
Ireland drives on the left side of the road, so wrong-way driving there means the suspect was actually on the right.
The wrong side is the side with oncoming traffic.
I'm clarifying for our viewers.
And in the West Bank tonight, a Palestinian-American family has been trapped in their home for more than a week after Israeli settlers laid siege to the area.
The family, originally from Michigan, has been unable to leave their home since settlers blocked access roads and cut off supply lines. U.S. consular officials say they are monitoring the situation.
Israeli authorities have not commented. The West Bank has seen increased settler activity in recent months despite international pressure.
The West Bank is part of the Middle Eastern corridor, which connects Asia to the Mediterranean.
The West Bank is landlocked.
It's part of the region.
Still ahead, a Wexler County man is facing felony charges after a pursuit that began at a traffic stop and ended in a cornfield. That story and more on Criminal Intent, in just a few minutes.
Around the world in five minutes.
Four.
Sixty-eight point four degrees.
What.
That's the temperature. I've been testing for three weeks.
Testing what.
My optimal broadcast temperature. Sixty-eight point four. Any higher, I sweat. Any lower, my voice tightens.
It's seventy-two in here.
I know. Someone keeps fucking with it.
That's the building default.
let me guess Deb is the building default?
CRIMINAL INTENT
Good evening. I'm Chip Marlowe.
And I'm Deb Sarkissian. Welcome to KRAK 11 News.
Tonight we begin with what can only be described as a textbook example of tactical disengagement under rapidly evolving threat parameters.
A car chase in Ireland ended when officers were told to stop chasing.
The Garda Representative Association reports that officers pursuing a suspect vehicle on an Irish motorway received a command to disengage after the driver took what authorities are calling evasive action.
The evasive action was driving on the wrong side of the motorway.
Which in Ireland is the correct side, Deb, so technically the suspect was driving on the right side in the wrong direction, which changes the liability framework considerably.
The wrong side is the side with oncoming traffic.
Police allege the vehicle had been traveling at high speed before reversing course and entering what would normally be the southbound lanes, at which point command made the decision to prioritize public safety over apprehension.
The suspect has not been located.
Closer to home, a New Hampshire driver is facing criminal charges after a high-speed chase on Interstate ninety-five ended in Waterville. Prosecutors allege the driver was operating under the influence and exceeded posted speed limits by a significant margin.
State troopers say the vehicle reached speeds of ninety miles per hour before being stopped near mile marker one twelve.
And in national news, Meta Platforms has gone to trial in federal court over allegations the company contributed to mental health challenges among young users. Prosecutors are seeking damages in excess of one trillion dollars.
The case alleges violations of consumer protection and child privacy laws. Opening arguments began this morning in San Francisco.
Back to our lead story for just a moment, Deb, because the Irish pursuit raises an interesting question about when law enforcement should disengage from a person of interest actively fleeing the scene.
When that person drives into oncoming traffic.
But procedurally, the decision tree becomes more complex when you factor in vehicle density, weather conditions, and the availability of helicopter support, which in this case would have provided an aerial vantage point allowing officers to maintain visual contact without direct pursuit.
There was no helicopter.
I'm describing what the helicopter would have shown if deployed. Which is a tactical assessment tool, Deb. You assess what resources would provide if made available, and then you determine whether deployment is justified given the threat level and jurisdictional budget constraints.
Still ahead, Happy Animals. A reunion that took six months and involved three states.
That's next.
Do you believe in prayer.
What.
Prayer. Manifestation. The power of positive thinking.
What did you do.
I sent an email.
To who.
The station owner.
What did it say.
It was meant for you.
Oh god.
Ya, it was late, I was drunk, what can I say.
HAPPY ANIMALS
Time now for the Good News Desk.
The lighting in here feels warmer again.
It's the same lighting.
It reads differently on happy stories. Gordo, can we get a reading on—
A man in South Gloucestershire has finally found his perfect bench.
Sam Wilmot runs an Instagram account called Rate This Bench, where he reviews public seating across the United Kingdom. After four years and more than eight hundred benches, he has awarded his first perfect score to a wooden bench in a churchyard near Bristol.
The bench overlooks open farmland. Wilmot says the view, the craftsmanship, and what he calls the spiritual stillness of the location all contributed to the rating.
Four years.
Eight hundred benches.
I respect a man who knows what he wants and refuses to settle for less.
Chip.
What.
An update on Punch the Monkey. The capuchin at the Japanese sanctuary whose courtship attempts have now been watched forty-three million times has successfully presented a fig to the female he has been pursuing for three weeks.
The sanctuary says the female accepted the fig, which researchers describe as a significant milestone in capuchin social behavior. Punch has now been courting for twenty-two days.
Twenty-two days is remarkable.
The Williams sisters lost in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open tonight, six-two, six-four to Linda Noskova and Katerina Siniakova. It was their first doubles match together in four years.
Serena and Venus Williams were seeded twelfth. The loss ends their tournament, but both players said afterward they were grateful to compete together again.
Still to come: SPORTS, where we will have final scores from across the state and a look at what the Rams are doing with their salary cap that has ESPN confused.
That's next.
I take seventeen vitamins now.
Why.
Optimal performance.
For what.
Broadcast. Stamina. Clarity.
You're reading a teleprompter.
At a very high level.
Your piss is neon. I know because the urinal in the mens room is a fucking mess.
That's how you know it's working.
SPORTS
Time now for the KRAK 11 Scoreboard.
And tonight we are covering four sports across three continents, which I believe makes this the most geographically diverse scoreboard we have ever assembled.
We covered five sports last Tuesday.
Tennis first. At the U.S. Open in New York, Venus and Serena Williams lost their doubles match tonight in straight sets, six-two, six-four, to Linda Noskova and Katerina Siniakova.
The Williams sisters were seeded twelfth and had not played doubles together in four years. They were eliminated in the first round.
Noskova is nineteen. Siniakova has won seven Grand Slam doubles titles.
The tournament continues through the weekend. In football, ESPN has released its N-F-L Future Power Rankings. The Los Angeles Rams are ranked fifth overall, up three spots from last year.
The rankings combine roster strength, front office quality, and coaching. The Rams are eighteenth in salary cap management but fifth in overall projection, which tells you the system rewards wins over budget discipline.
The system rewards whatever ESPN says it rewards.
In basketball, the Lakers' Buss family intends to sell the team, removing Jeanie Buss from her role as governor. Sources close to the family say the sale has been under discussion for months.
The Buss family purchased the Lakers in nineteen seventy-nine for sixty-seven and a half million dollars. The team is now valued at seven-point-one billion.
That is a ten thousand five hundred percent return over forty-seven years.
Which I believe makes it one of the most successful franchise investments in American sports history.
It makes it the most successful franchise investment in American sports history.
In soccer, a new documentary about Pep Guardiola's final two seasons at Manchester City reveals the falling-out he had with former captain Kyle Walker. Walker left City for A-C Milan in January after eighteen months of what the series describes as escalating tension.
Walker was City's captain for three seasons. The documentary includes footage of a dressing-room argument over defensive positioning that neither man has commented on publicly.
The series premieres Friday on Sky Sports.
And in Formula One, Max Verstappen leads the drivers' championship with three races remaining. He needs three more wins to clinch his fifth consecutive title.
Red Bull Racing leads McLaren by sixty-two points in the constructors' championship. The next race is in Singapore on September first.
Verstappen has won fourteen of seventeen races this season.
That is dominance.
That is eighty-two percent.
Deb.
Chip.
If someone were to turn on this broadcast for the first time and form an impression of how we cover international motorsport—
We have forty seconds.
Forty seconds is enough time to establish that this desk understands global competition at a level that reflects well on the station.
You just described the Rams' budget as undisciplined.
I said the system rewards wins over budget discipline, which is an observation about ESPN's methodology.
The next KRAK 11 News is at the top of the hour, and we will have an update on the West Bank family still inside their home after more than a week.
That story continues to develop. We will have the latest. I'm Chip Marlowe.
I'm Deb Sarkissian. Good night.
Take that off.
It's called distinguished.
It's called a sweater vest.
George Will wears a sweater vest.
George Will is eighty-three years old.
Exactly. Timeless.
You look like you teach at a community college.
I could teach at a community college.
Chip, you look like you're about to explain why I got a C-minus.
Well maybe if you'd turned in your assignments on time, Deb.
Reporting behind this episode
- IVF staff accused of misleading UK parents about sperm and egg donors in northern Cyprus
- Hayden Panettiere's ex Wladimir Klitschko says family in 'profound shock and grief'
- British couple on honeymoon killed in helicopter crash on Greek island
- Officers told not to pursue car on wrong side of motorway, says Ireland's police body
- Meta goes on trial over child social media addiction and privacy
- Williams sisters lose on doubles return
- Man who rates benches on Instagram finally finds his 10/10
- Guardiola-Walker fallout revealed in new documentary