Gatbusdriver,
That's my point. I'm aware that you don't necessarily see damage to the fan blades and that bird strikes can result in the engine coughing - and continuing to run all be it with poss. reduced thrust and compressor stall.
My point is that the ones I have seen that result in the engine completely stopping have been because of major damage to the fan blades/compressor usually caused by larger bird's.
The fact that they both failed within seconds of the bird strikes with minimal fan blade damage is a rare event.
Once again it seems to point to the compressor being swamped.