An air carrier widebody transport found that a foreign VOR was OTS.

Attributes
ACN	260935
Time
Date	199401
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ory
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ory
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other other vortac
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff ground : preflight
Route In Use	departure other departure sid : sid
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 225 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 225
ASRS Report	260935
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 60
ASRS Report	260732
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Navigational Facility
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

After takeoff from paris orly, west departure, made turn at VOR (ol) mileage. This turn was to intercept radial of rbt VOR. Rbt was off the air and the backup frequency did not work. We took up a northwest heading to intercept the airway and on course. Paris departure or ATC had no problem without departure. Correction: this information should have been on ATIS or listed in the french NOTAM information. Supplemental information from acn 260732: on departure tried to intercept rbt 135 degree radial but found station to be off the air. 2 stations were noted to be off on the ATIS broadcast, but they sounded like stations other than rbt. Soon after turning to an approximately intercept heading, we were vectored and no longer needed rbt. I probably misunderstood the ATIS, and rbt was really off the air. Language barrier was an obvious problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR WDB FOUND THAT A FOREIGN VOR WAS OTS.

Narrative: AFTER TKOF FROM PARIS ORLY, W DEP, MADE TURN AT VOR (OL) MILEAGE. THIS TURN WAS TO INTERCEPT RADIAL OF RBT VOR. RBT WAS OFF THE AIR AND THE BACKUP FREQ DID NOT WORK. WE TOOK UP A NW HDG TO INTERCEPT THE AIRWAY AND ON COURSE. PARIS DEP OR ATC HAD NO PROB WITHOUT DEP. CORRECTION: THIS INFO SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON ATIS OR LISTED IN THE FRENCH NOTAM INFO. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 260732: ON DEP TRIED TO INTERCEPT RBT 135 DEG RADIAL BUT FOUND STATION TO BE OFF THE AIR. 2 STATIONS WERE NOTED TO BE OFF ON THE ATIS BROADCAST, BUT THEY SOUNDED LIKE STATIONS OTHER THAN RBT. SOON AFTER TURNING TO AN APPROX INTERCEPT HDG, WE WERE VECTORED AND NO LONGER NEEDED RBT. I PROBABLY MISUNDERSTOOD THE ATIS, AND RBT WAS REALLY OFF THE AIR. LANGUAGE BARRIER WAS AN OBVIOUS PROB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.