Texas: A newlywed couple was killed hours after their wedding ceremony when a helicopter taking them from the wedding reception to an airport to depart on their honeymoon crashed minutes after take off.

Will Byler and Bailee Ackerman Byler, both 24, were married on Saturday night at a large Byler family ranch near Uvalde, about 130 kilometres west of San Antonio.

They left the ranch aboard a Byler family helicopter shortly after midnight on Sunday, local time, and crashed into a hill in the rugged terrain of southwest Texas.

The 76-year-old pilot, Gerald Lawrence, was also killed.