( CNN ) -- A cargo manifest showed that two dogs were among the casualties of the doomed Malaysian jet that fell from the sky in eastern Ukraine this week . Also tucked away in the cargo section were four pigeons and five other birds of an undetermined breed . The document described the animals as `` live '' at the time of check-in . No more information was immediately available . Non-living items on board included aircraft parts , diplomatic papers and flowers , according to a cargo manifest released by Malaysia Airlines . Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 tore apart Thursday in the sky over Torez . A surface-to-air missile , possibly fired by pro-Russian rebels , took down the jetliner as it traveled from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia , the United States said . The plane had 298 people aboard , including 80 children , the United Nations said . Debris and bodies remain strewn across the countryside in eastern Ukraine . Two days after the jet crashed , some bodies remained strapped in seat belts .
Also tucked away in the cargo section were four pigeons and five other birds . Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed Thursday in eastern Ukraine . The plane was carrying 298 people from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, when it went down over rebel-held territory near the Russian border.