The worldwide fleet of Boeing 787 aircraft has been grounded due to battery fires on board two aircraft, the cause of which has not been determined yet, meaning that the possibility of fires on other aircraft remains a real danger.
Like other operators, LAN has grounded its three 787's until the problem has been defined which could be many months or even longer if the lithium ion batteries currently being used need to be replaced with more conventional batteries and the battery compartment needs to be redesigned, as well.
At the time of the grounding, LAN was flying the 787 from Lima (LIM) to Los Angeles (LAX) and Santiago (SCL) to Buenos Aires Ezeiza (EZE) too. The Chilean carrier is reportedly using the 767-300ER as the replacement aircraft on the latter route.
Sources: http://airlineroute.net/2013/01/18/787replacement-19jan13/
http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/LAN-Airlines
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