Swiss pilot Riccardo Mortara and his co-pilots beat a speed record for a round-the-world flight in a small aircraft weighing 9,000 to 12,000kg, reported Swiss 24 Heures. Mortara circled the globe in under 67 hours.

His business class jet Rockwell Sabreliner 65 took off from the airport in Geneva at 7:12 a.m. local time Friday, flew around the globe and landed at the same airport on Sunday at 5:06 p.m.

62-year-old Mortara, his son 28-year-old Gabriel and 26-year-old Flavien Guderzo spanned a distance of 36,900 km at a minimum speed of 647 km/h in 57 hours and 57 minutes. The plane crossed the air spaces of 33 countries and made 10 stops for re-fuelling.