B-7328 is a Sikorsky S-76C++ search-and-rescue helicopter operated by China Rescue's Donghai rescue force. Local reporting says the East China Sea Second Rescue Flying Team added B-7328 in 2011, and later rescue reports place the helicopter in typhoon, engineering-vessel, and medical-evacuation responses from Xiamen and Fujian-area bases. Sikorsky's S-76C++ data describes the type as a twin-engine helicopter with an 11,700-pound maximum gross weight, 155-knot cruise speed, and 411-nautical-mile range.
Available sources document B-7328 in the East China Sea Second Rescue Flying Team's coastal SAR fleet rather than as a combat aircraft. The cited reports support rescue, hoist, and medical-evacuation context.
S-76C++ rescue helicopter assigned to China Rescue / Donghai Rescue Bureau coverage.
Typhoon Haikui tanker rescue, Fujian engineering-vessel response, and later medical evacuation reports.
No reviewed civil SAR source connects B-7328 to armed conflict employment.
| Compatible item | Item type | Compatibility evidence |
|---|---|---|
 | search and rescue vessel | The report names B-7328 rescue helicopter alongside Donghai Jiu 113 in a joint rescue deployment. Sources: 一工程船在福建海域走锚失控，19人成功获救_腾讯新闻 |
 | rescue helicopter | The same Fujian rescue reporting places B-7346 and B-7328 in the air-sea response from Xiamen Gaoqi Airport. Sources: China Transport News: Donghai Rescue Bureau rescues 19 people, 一工程船在福建海域走锚失控，19人成功获救_腾讯新闻 |
A Xiamen Net profile of the East China Sea Second Rescue Flying Team says B-7328 joined the team after its first self-owned rescue helicopter B-7310, with B-7345 and B-7346 following in later years.
Sources: Xiamen Net: East China Sea Second Rescue Flying Team profile
IMO and IMRF reporting identified Captain Hao Yang of rescue helicopter B-7328, Dong Hai Rescue Bureau, in the operation that rescued 14 crew members from the oil tanker Daiyou 69 during Typhoon Haikui conditions.
Sources: IMO: 2024 Bravery Award letters of commendation, IMRF: 2024 maritime SAR awards
China Transport News and Tencent reporting named Donghai Jiu 113, B-7346, and B-7328 in the same Fujian response to a runaway engineering vessel on 7 November 2024.
Sources: China Transport News: Donghai Rescue Bureau rescues 19 people, 一工程船在福建海域走锚失控，19人成功获救_腾讯新闻
Xiamen Net reported that B-7328 departed Xiamen Gaoqi Airport on 1 March 2025, reached an injured fisherman in low-visibility conditions, hoisted the patient and an escort aboard, and landed at Xiamen University Xiang'an Hospital.
Sources: Xiamen Net: B-7328 fog-weather fisherman rescue
