East Coast Blackout (Earth-96)

A blackout occurred on the East Coast.

Origin
During an experiment on Gertrude Vanderworth's train set in her mansion with a Kryptonian crystal, trying to grow land, Lex Luthor triggered the blackout.

Occurrence
The first grid to be hit was the mansion, located at 6 Springwood Drive. The uptown grid went dark at 12:36 and midtown 10 seconds before. It caused the near-crash of Boeing 777 until it was rescued by Superman.

Aftermath
Interested in the blackout, Lois Lane investigated it which led her to the mansion. She brought her son Jason White with her.