Washington: Just hours after his marriage, an Indian-origin man from Kerala was killed in a helicopter crash in Georgia, United States. Dave Fiji, 26, a Delta Air Lines pilot, was on his way to his honeymoon with his bride when the Robinson R66 flying them crashed near their Dawsonville wedding venue, according to media reports.
The chopper pilot, whose name has not been released by authorities yet, was also killed in the crash, according to a report by Atlanta News First.
Dave Fiji’s bride, Jessni, a nurse by profession, survived the crash and is recovering at a metro Atlanta hospital, the report said.
“My son was so happy,” George Fiji, Dave’s father, told Atlanta News First.
According to his father, Dave married Jessni on Friday, whom he met at New Testament Church a decade ago. Around 400 guests attended the couple’s wedding at The Revere in Dawsonville.
After their wedding reception, the newlyweds boarded a Robinson R66 helicopter bound for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Georgia’s second-busiest airport.
The National Transportation Safety Board has started an investigation into the crash and has not yet determined what caused the helicopter to go down.
