The Air India plane crash this week was one of India’s worst aviation disasters, killing 241 people on board and several people on the ground.

At least 270 died when the Air India flight crashed into the campus of a medical college in Ahmedabad shortly after takeoff on Thursday.

Dealing with death and mourning is part of his role as a spiritual leader, he said, “but this type of death is unbelievable.”

An Air India flight returned to Hong Kong on Monday shortly after takeoff due to a midair technical issue, days after another of the airline’s flights crashed and killed at least 270 people.