Hours after wedding, Indian-origin pilot killed in chopper crash, bride survives

He and his wife left their wedding with great excitement for their honeymoon via helicopter, but inclement weather caused the aircraft to crash tragically.

Fiji, whose family traces its roots to Kerala, had celebrated his union with his bride alongside hundreds of guests near Dawsonville on Friday night before the catastrophic incident.

Calling him “precious child”, his father George Fiji told WSB-TV, “He was a gift from God for us. He was a God-fearing child. So handsome, beautiful."