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| 02/11/62 | - | Boeing | Rolled out at Renton. Large vertical fin |
| 11/12/62 | OO-SJG | Sabena | Registered with Belgian CoA 1448 |
| 09/01/63 | - | - | Made its first flight from Renton |
| 20/01/63 | - | - | Ferried to Brussels |
| 00/03/63 | - | Air Congo | Leased several short periods till early 1967 in Sabena colors with Air Congo titles |
| 16/03/65 | - | - | 10000th flight from Leopoldsville to Brussels |
| 00/03/67 | - | Nigeria Airways | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/03/67 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 08/05/72 | - | - | Hijacked on SN571 Brussels-Vienna-Tel Aviv flight after t/o from Vienna. Landed Tel Aviv at 0515PM and kept by four Palestinean guerillas for 23 hours, until Israeli commandos liberated the pax. Two guerillas were killed and four pax were injured |
| 00/00/72 | - | Tunis Air | Leased for Hadj flights with full colors |
| 00/00/72 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/00/73 | - | Tunis Air | Leased for Hadj flights |
| 00/00/73 | - | Sabena | Returned |
| 00/02/77 | - | - | Removed from service and placed in storage at Brussels |
| 25/02/77 | - | - | Canx from Belgian register. TAT 46009 hrs |
| 25/02/77 | 4X-BYM | Israel Aircraft Industries | Purchased |
| 00/03/77 | - | El Al | Leased in basic Sabena colors but with EL AL tail motive and inscription "on lease to EL AL" and serial "317" and such noted at Frankfurt on 27/03/1977 |
| 00/07/77 | - | Israel Aircraft Industries | Returned. Converted as KC.135 ELINT/SIGINT aircraft |
| 00/10/77 | 4X-JYM | Israel Air Force | Transferred. Military code No 137 |
| 00/06/80 | - | - | TAT 46828 hrs |
| 00/03/81 | - | - | TAT 46828 hrs |
| 00/00/81 | - | - | Placed in storage Tel Aviv |
| 00/00/82 | - | - | Reentered service |
| 00/00/91 | - | - | Removed from service |
| 00/00/93 | - | - | Returned to service |
| 00/00/05 | - | - | Still in use |
| 00/00/06 | - | - | Placed in storage Tel Aviv |
| 00/10/10 | - | - | Seen derelict in white colors without engines Tel Aviv |
| Following sources are acknowledged. Individual Aircraft History of the Boeing 707 (Buchair USA) The Boeing 707-720 and C-135 (Air-Britain Publication) Airliners in Belgium - BCARG special 1 Boeing 707 Intercontinental (Aviation Society of Antwerp vzw) Belgian Civil Aircraft since 1920 (MCP) Chronicle of Aviation (JLIP) Chronique de l'Aviation (JLIP) Jet Airliner Production List (TAHS) JP Airline Fleets (Buchair) Magazines: Aviation Letter, Scramble, Luftfahrt Journal, Jetstream, Carnets de Vol, Onze/Notre Sabena Various text and photo material to be found on the internet.
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