India, June 1 -- An Indian-origin pilot was killed in a helicopter crash in the United States' Georgia while on his way to his honeymoon with his bride, within hours of their wedding.

According to a report by Atlanta First News, 26-year-old Dave Fiji, who was a Delta Air Lines pilot with family roots in Kerala, died along with the Robinson R66 helicopter pilot when the chopper crashed near the wedding venue in Georgia's Dawsonville.

The bride, identified as Jessni, who works as a nurse, survived the crash after being trapped in the wreckage for six hours and is recovering at a metro hospital in the state capital, Atlanta.

According to the deceased's father, his son married on Friday, after a decade-long relationship that began at New T...