Jet planes and bird strikes

I was reading an article about a United Airlines jet today, that had an engine flame out after ingesting a bird while taking off from O'hare. Shouldn't those engines be designed by now so that a bird strike won't really affect them?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/united-airlines-flight-emergency-bird-strike-plane-chicago-ohare-airport/

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Turtlepower · 36-40, M

It doesn't work that way. Modern engines are designed for fuel efficiency and weight reduction. They're designed to withstand a bird strike and contain the damage without allowing it to cause the rest of the engine to be destroyed, but not to just eat a bird with no damage.

LunarOrbit · 56-60, M

@Turtlepower This. :)

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@Turtlepower That's reasonable. Containment is probably the goal. Compared to what could happen if the engine disintegrated and scattered the parts, just an engine failure isn't so bad.

I once saw the after effect of an inflight tire exposion on a C-130. It slung shrapnel into one of the propellers resulting in one propeller blade being thrown into the fuselage, slicing through the cabin like a can opener. Luckily an empty airplane, and the kindness of divine mercy that they were able to land, leaking fuel, no hydraulic pressure, gear up.