B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250; Flight Crew Total 12736; Flight Crew Type 2615
Conflict Ground Conflict; Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Incursion Runway
General None Reported / Taken
Human Factors; Weather
Conditions high winds; rain; mist on runway from previous takeoff. Cleared for takeoff on 19R; and as we were airborne around taxiway G or H; don't recall; we noticed the tail of the previous landing aircraft was hanging well past the hold short line of the runway. In other words; they had stopped with tail infringing on space of runway. Due to distance; wind/rain; we could not tell this from our position while on the runway waiting for takeoff. Due to the angle/parallax; I doubt tower could tell how significant the incursion was from their position either. I would guess the last 1/4 of the tail was past the hold short/incursion bar.
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B737 flight crew reported a takeoff from SFO with limited visibility. When airborne they noticed an aircraft that had been cleared to cross the runway before their takeoff had not fully cleared the runway.