Dutch prosecutors investigating the downing five years ago of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over eastern Ukraine want to speak to a man being held by Ukrainian authorities, calling him a "person of interest" in their probe, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The fate of Volodymyr Tsemakh could be a factor in the stalled prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine as Dutch prosecutors want him to remain in Ukraine. Unconfirmed reports have suggested that Tsemakh is on the list of prisoners that Moscow wants exchanged in return for freeing prisoners including 24 sailors captured off Crimea in November. A spokeswoman for the Joint Investigation Team looking at the downing by a surface-to-air Buk missile of the Malaysian flight on July 17, 2014, said that Tsemakh is currently in a Ukrainian jail, "but if he's being swapped then, well, of course it's hard to say that we can speak to him when he would be in Russia." The international investigation team is seeking to prosecute those responsible for the downing of the flight known as MH17 and the murder of all 298 people on board when the Boeing 777 heading from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky over conflict-hit eastern Ukraine. The team has indicted four people so far, three Russians and a Ukrainian, but Tsemakh is not among the four. "The Dutch public prosecutor would like to have Mr. Tsemakh in Ukraine so he's available for the investigation and we can ask him further questions," Van de Moosdijk said.<br/>
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When American Airlines exited bankruptcy in 2013, its new boss vowed to trounce rivals within a few years. These days, those competitors are delivering the beating. American is underperforming Delta and United on profit margins and on-time arrivals. Investors are punishing American’s stock, sending the shares to the biggest decline this year among US transportation companies. And to add insult to injury, a plague of summertime flight cancellations has angered passengers and sullied American’s brand. It’s far from the outcome CEO Doug Parker envisioned when, as head of US Airways, he engineered a merger with American in a New York bankruptcy court and took the reins of the combined company. While Delta and United reap the rewards of a decade of airline consolidation and greater pricing power, American’s declining performance has solidified its status as the industry laggard. American is the year's worst performer among US transportation stocks. “I get the question, ‘At what point does the board say enough is enough and we need more drastic change?”’ said Jose Caiado, an analyst at Credit Suisse. “I get that question a lot these days.” The board hasn’t shown any signs of displeasure, Caiado said. But an 18% share drop this year through Aug. 30 gave American a market value of $11.7b, less than a third of Delta’s.<br/>