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

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

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.

Watch the moment a man crashed attempting to cross the English Channel in an ‘air scooter’. Franky Zapata, 46, hoped to fly ...