A SOUTH African man could face up to 25 years in jail for joking that he was carrying a bomb on a domestic airline flight, police said on Friday. The 40-year-old was arrested at Johannesburg airport on Thursday after he told a stewardess on a Nationwide airliner after take-off from Durban that he had a bomb in his bag, Superintendent Eugene Opperman said. ”We don’t take this sort of thing lightly. He could face a jail term of between five and 25 years without the option of a fine if found guilty of contravening the Civil Aviation Act or the Explosives Act,” he said. Security precautions were taken against the man – a resident from the wealthy Johannesburg suburb of Sandown – on the flight, Opperman said, without elaborating. Airline personnel did not find any explosives or weapons in his possession. ”Security measures at airports and on aircraft have been intensified immediately after the recent horrific and tragic terror attacks in America,” a police statement said. – Reuters