Mystery surrounds car with 'COVID 19' number plate parked at Adelaide Airport

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Mystery surrounds car with 'COVID 19' number plate parked at Adelaide Airport
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A BMW with a striking number plate has set tongues wagging at Adelaide Airport, with one staffer saying the car has been parked there since before Australia's coronavirus lockdowns began.

Mr Spry said as far as colleagues could recall, the car had been there since "February or even earlier", and was definitely there from mid-March when most airport staff went on four weeks of forced leave.

He said the car had a cover over it which was blown off by windy weather in April, creating more intrigue about the car — and particularly its number plate.He said staff had speculated about why such an expensive car would be left at the airport, parked in one of the spaces closest to the terminal. "We seem to think it might be a long-haul pilot who has gone overseas and can't get back," Mr Spry said."It's a high-end vehicle so it's going to have to be someone on a fair dollar to get a vehicle like that, but you'd think a family member would have gone to get it.

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