Is 'Sixteen seconds after that transmission, ATC instructed the aircraft's pilots to climb to 35,000 feet.' an autonomous statement, not logically connected to 'The aircraft's pilots were told to increase their altitude to 35,000 feet.'
Sixteen seconds after that transmission, ATC instructed the aircraft's pilots to climb to 35,000 feet.###The aircraft's pilots were told to increase their altitude to 35,000 feet.