The following is an article by the Scottish Sunday Mail dated 19 Jan.
COURT DATE FOR JET DEATHS CONTROLLER EXCLUSIVE
Steve Mckenzie
AN RAF air traffic controller blamed for a double jet crash is to learn his fate this month.
American fighter pilots Kenneth Hyvonen and Kirk Jones died when their F- 15C jets slammed into the Cairngorms.
The Sunday Mail can reveal that Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Williams, of RAF Leuchars, Fife, is to face a court martial a week tomorrow in connection with the tragedy.
The hearing will be held at a Royal Naval centre in Helensburgh.
The rare move is the armed forces' most serious disciplinary hearing and can result in jail.
It is understood that the charges relate to conduct amounting to professional negligence.
Military and civilian air traffic controllers have rallied behind Flt Lt Williams while the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers (GATCO) and droves of supporters have sent him messages of goodwill.
Sympathisers are outraged at the RAF's handling of the case. Top brass did not hold a board of inquiry, denying the officer an opportunity to give his side of the incident.
Flt Lt Williams is believed to be the first military controller in the UK to be court martialled in connection with a fatal air crash.
He was providing radar information as the US pilots trained over Scotland in March 2001. Lt-Col Hyvonen, 40, and Captain Jones, 27, died when their jets smashed into Ben Macdhui in a snow storm. But sources close to the case claim the pilots themselves, based at RAF Lakenheath, in Suffolk, were responsible for where and how low they flew.
More than 100 rescuers battled over the mountainous terrain in sub- zero temperatures and blizzards to find the missing men.
Eventually the smell of aviation fuel near the summit of the 4,284ft mountain led them to the wreckage. The bodies of Lt- Col Hyvonen and Capt Jones were found nearby.
Debris from the two jets took months to clear and more than 250 tonnes of snow had to be removed to avoid contamination of the environment by aviation fuel.