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Pilot identified in helicopter crash that killed newlywed groom after wedding
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1:40Now PlayingThe pilot in the helicopter crash that killed two people shortly after a North Georgia wedding has been identified as Nikhil Nargundkar. Newlywed Dave Fiji was also killed in the crash, while his wife Jesni survived with cuts and bruises.
Fiji's father told Atlanta News First that his son, also a pilot, had expressed concerns about the weather before takeoff. "He told the pilot that there is zero visibility and if there is zero visibility like this we never fly," his father said. The cause of the crash has not yet been released.
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