Watch the moment French inventor Franky Zapata crashes into the sea while trying to cross the English Channel on his new ...

An 'air scooter' crashed into the English Channel just short of the cliffs of Dover in an attempt to fly from the French Coast to Dover in the vessel.

An 'Air scooter' developed by Zapata and piloted by company CEO Franky Zapata narrowly fails in attempt to cross the English ...

A vertical take off and landing air scooter flight to England has been abandoned, despite a successful lift off in France.

Inventor Franky Zapata sits aboard a flying scooter before attempting to cross the English Channel off the coast of Sangatte, ...

An ambitious attempt to fly a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) air scooter from France to England was cut short on Friday ...