LONG BEACH, Calif. — Air India CEO Campbell Wilson said the carrier has embraced a "new normal" and a stepped-up safety focus following the crash of one of its planes in June, the deadliest aviation disaster in a decade.

All but one of the 242 people on board Air India Flight 171 on June 12 were killed when the Boeing Dreamliner, bound for London, crashed seconds after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India. Another 19 other people were killed on the ground.

A preliminary report released in July showed confusion in the cockpit when fuel cutoff switches were flipped off. The cockpit voice recording captured one pilot asking the other why he cut off the fuel and the other responding that he did not.

"The investigation is still ongoing, so I can't comment too freely, but

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